Juxtaposition

In today's lecture Juxtaposition  was discussed and this theory of film is new to me as I haven't heard of it before. I think the idea of it's interesting and I found it interesting how somethings in film can be portrayed without showing any context.

The Kuleshov Experiment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWRyHeMHYcA

In this clip, they show a close up shot of a man with the same facial expression but add different clips before this close up shot. By showing different shots such as food or a body in a coffin, we create the context ourselves by what we are watching and we create the emotion that is being shown. When we see the body in the coffin we assume that the man is feeling sadness or sorrow. From an editing point of view this is important because of how we can create context and emotion out of something so simple such as two different shots.

Hitchcock Explains the Kuleshov  Effect to Fletcher Markle. 1964 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96xx383lpiI

In this video Alfred Hitchcock explains the Kuleshov experiment in a clear way and he explains the effect it has on us the viewer. He explains how we add the context and emotion ourselves just by observing what is being shown on screen. This shows how individual shots do not have meaning, and it takes a sequence of shows to express something. From an editing perspective this is what they do, editors string together a narrative and bring life to a story.

Juxtaposition in film is a new topic to me and I understand how it is important for filming making because it affects how the viewer sees things, and it affects how the viewer could feel about a subject.